Mahnaz Badihian and Lissa Provost

The 1/28/2026 edition of Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour

Dr. Mahnaz Badihian is an Is a Poet, painter, and translator whose work has been published in several languages worldwide. Mahnaz runs the Literary magazine MahMag.org to bring the world’s poetry together.  She finished translating a book about the uprising in Iran in 2009 called Spalding Arise with Jack Hirschman, published in San Francisco in 2014. She received her MFA in poetry from Pacific University. Her latest poetry collection, Raven of Isfahan was Published in 2019. She edited 300 pages of Covid, Anthology Art, and poetry from around the world in 2020. She is a member of the San Francisco RPB (Revolutionary Poet Brigade). In 2018, Mahnaz had three days of an art exhibition in San Francisco. Her new collection of poems, Ask the Wind was nominated for Pushcart by Vagabond in 2022. Mahnaz traveled to many countries for poetry events, including Kerala, Chile, Cuba, Italy, England, Bolivia, Peru, and more. Mahnaz is a guest poet at the Kathmandu poetry festival in February 2023. Her Novel Gohar was published in 2024.

Lissa Provost is the founder and chaos director of New Alexandria Creative Group. She's the author of a poetry book, chapbook, and a journal/planner for neurodivergent or medically challenged individuals called Maggie's Planner. She's also the Director of the San Francisco Writers Conference.

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